NBA Trade Rumors: Analyzing Buzz on Brook Lopez, Rudy Gay and More

November 6th, 2016 by Joseph Zucker Leave a reply »

The 2016-17 NBA trade deadline isn't until Feb. 23, but general managers are already looking at ways to upgrade their rosters.

The truly landscape-changing trades likely won't come before January or February—if they come at all. Teams won't abandon hope on this season before they have time to examine things.

Below are updates on three players who aren't quite stars but would nonetheless be interesting acquisitions.

    

Brook Lopez

With the exception of possibly the New Orleans Pelicans, no other NBA franchise's future is bleaker than the Brooklyn Nets. The Pelicans at least have Anthony Davis and draft picks to assemble more young talent.

The Nets, on the other hand, don't own their own first-round pick until 2019, and they lack the kind of promising core of talent to offer hope for the future. As a result, Brooklyn should consider cashing in its veteran assets.

ESPN.com's Marc Stein reported Saturday the Nets aren't actively shopping Brook Lopez to potential suitors, but they're at least listening to offe ...

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